Acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi was arrested last July and later ordered to serve six years on charges of propagandizing against the Iranian government, a sentence dating back to 2011 that had never been enforced.
Jafar Panahi among several artists, sports stars detained for speaking against regimeThis image released by Sideshow and Janus Films shows filmmaker Jafar Panahi during the filming of his acclaimed film No Bears.
Such arrests have become more frequent since nationwide protests broke out in September over the death of a young woman in police custody. Panahi, 62, had continued making award-winning films for over a decade despite being legally barred from travel and filmmaking.was released to widespread praise in September while he was behind bars, a week before the protests erupted.
The semi-official ISNA news agency said several artists had welcomed him as he departed the notorious Evin Prison in the capital, Tehran. The New York Times and The Associated Press named it one of the top 10 films of the year, and film critic Justin Chang of The Los Angeles Times called it 2022's best movie.
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